The latest edition of Extrudakerb’s two-page newsletter is now ready to download. ExtrudaBlurb has been written to inform both employees and clients of the on-goings within the Extrudakerb business, including articles regarding current schemes, Health, Safety, Quality & Environment topics and other items pertinent to Extrudakerb. You can download the PDF of the newsletter in […]
It was a busy weekend on the M6 for Paul Bates and Tom Spencer from the Extrudakerb Service / Fabrication Team who were fitting a development secondary conveyor belt scraper onto the paver to prevent concrete loss from the conveyor belt system whilst producing slipform paved products. Paul’s photos and videography clearly demonstrate the functions […]
The latest edition of Extrudakerb’s two-page newsletter is now ready to download. ExtrudaBlurb has been written to inform both employees and clients of the on-goings within the Extrudakerb business, including articles regarding current schemes, Health, Safety, Quality & Environment topics and other items pertinent to Extrudakerb. You can download the PDF of the newsletter in full […]
Extrudakerb have recently created and issued its first Company Newsletter. The Monthly Newsletter, ExtrudaBlurb, has been written to inform both employees and clients of the on-goings within the Extrudakerb business, including articles regarding current schemes, Health, Safety, Quality & Environment topics and other items pertinent to Extrudakerb. Please Click HERE to download the full Newsletter.
What is LEAN? Lean manufacturing, lean production or ‘lean’, is a systematic method for the elimination of waste within a manufacturing system. Lean takes into account waste created through overburden and waste created through unevenness in workloads. ‘Lean’ in its simplest form means eliminating waste from every aspect of the work process while ensuring that […]
Extrudakerb, the UK’s largest slipform concrete company, has completed its £9.1m contract on the 6.5km two-lane Leigh to Ellenbrook Guided Busway (LEGB) in Greater Manchester ahead of schedule. Working in partnership with Balfour Beatty on the Transport for Greater Manchester project, Extrudakerb is ensuring passengers will enjoy the most comfortable journey of any UK busway thanks to the state-of-the-art bespoke slipforming equipment and a precision […]
In 2014, Extrudakerb constructed 30km of Concrete Step Barrier along the M1 between junctions 28 and 31. In May 2015, the Principle Contractor, Costain, commenced removal and replacement operations to some of the barrier due to the fact that a contaminate was contained within the concrete. This contaminate issue only became apparent approximately 12 weeks […]
This question seems to be asked more and more with the unknown purple ducting being placed on almost all new central reservation highway schemes throughout the UK. The purple ducting is a secured protective ducting which contains cables which are known as NRTS. NRTS stands for National Roads Telecommunications Services and is operated by […]
Over 30km of slipform Concrete Step Barrier with over 100 individual handformed transitions Over 25km of slipform Surface Water Channels with over 1000 outfalls Upgrade of Great Britain’s life expired steel barrier is rapidly accelerating as the works are being incorporated within the Highways Agency’s overall program to create “All Lane Running” motorways. Now rather […]
Although involved in some of the first guided busways constructed in Leeds and Edinburgh the exacting demands of the bus operators was not then fully understood and slipform paving was dismissed in favor of pre-cast solutions for Cambridge and Luton. However, advancements in slipform technology, implementation of lessons learnt and shortfalls manifesting themselves with pre-cast […]